COVID-19 Crisis: Political and Economic Aftershocks
Nearly 100,000 people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the new coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan, China, in late...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
COVID-19 Crisis: Political and Economic Aftershocks
A nation must think before it acts.
Taiwan
Asian Politics in Time of Corona
After every disaster, there is a search for answers: how did this happen, what could have been done to...
If U.S. Forces Have To Leave The Philippines, Then What?
The Philippines began the process of terminating its Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States in mid-February. In...
The Future of the Kuomintang in Taiwan: Reform, Recalibrate, or Stay the Course?
Once again, the future of Kuomintang (KMT), the political party headed by Chiang Kai-shek for decades and that favors...
Transitional Justice in Taiwan: A Belated Reckoning with the White Terror
From 1949 to the end of the Cold War era, the Kuomintang (KMT)—under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek and...
The Yushan Forum and Taiwan’s Warm Power
Entering its third year, the 2019 Yushan Forum, centered on “Deepening Progressive Partner-ships in Asia,” was attended by 30...
China Invades Taiwan—Sort Of
On a recent trip to Taiwan, I visited the island of Kinmen, one of Taiwan’s outlying islands located off...
China Provides no Solution for Taiwan
Once again, Taiwan’s participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA) as an observer was the focus of heated debate...
Taiwan on (the) Edge
Over the past 30 years there have been many moments when Taiwan-watchers worked themselves into a tizzy worrying about...
The Taiwan Relations Act at 40
April 10, 2019 marks forty years since the adoption of the Taiwan Relations Act. When President Jimmy Carter announced...